168澳洲5最新开奖结果

Tour de France 2014: Stage 5

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January 1 - Ju꧃ly 27, Ypres, France, Road 💫- WorldTour

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Hello and welcome to ourꦉ live♕ coverage from stage 5 of the Tour de France.

We're𝔉 at a chaotic start in Ypres for one of the most hotly anticipated stages of the Tour in recent years as the peloton takes on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix. We're around 40 minutes from the official start and the rain in falling and we've already had confirmation that two of the nine sectors of cobbles have been taken out of the stage: sectors five and seven.

Former Team Sky rider Juan Antonio Flecha has just come♏ off the team bus. Lets trꦯy and get a quick word with him.

Dave Brailsford has also just left the Team Sky bus. "It think it’s a wise decision and the safety of the riders has to be put first. It’s a wise decision given the weather. Proportionally it will make it safer and🐭 it’s the same for everyone. Chris is sore, his wrist is sore so it’s not ideal but he’s in the righ🐭t frame of mind and he’s a fighter. He’ll battle through."

“The race jur🍒y called me and they asked me to inform the teams that sectors five and seven would be removed from the route due to weather. If there are other changes then that’s up to the jury. Safety is one of the most important things for us so it’s a good call,&rdq✃uo; AIGCP managing director Luuc Eisenga told Cyclingnews.

However it seems that not all the teams or all the rid👍ers were happy to see the sectors cu꧅t. Sp Vanmarcke has been on Twitter this morning and as you might expect has called on ASO to run the full route. Vanmarcke is of course one of the riders looking for a hard stage, given that his talents perfectly suit the stage.

As of noon local time, the other seven stretches of cobblꦆes on the paღrcours were set to be tackled as originally planned, starting with the Carrefour de l’Arbre with 69 kilometres remaining.

ASO:

The penultimate pavé sector, Wandignies-Hamage à Hornaing, is the longest of the entire race. This 3.7-kilometre section has a four star rating and is an ideal place to launch 🐼an attack, especially if your rivals ar♛e looking uncomfortable.

The riders and teams are signinℱg on as the rainﷺ falls and the roll out is set for 13:45, so roughly 15 minutes from now.

Pre-stage favourite Fabian Cancellara is in fighting spirits, having talked to CN'🐻s Stephen Farrand at the start line: "We go, we race, warriors always race. There are two sectors less but t won't change anything. It's going to be a mess, a roulette, a race."

Pre-stage favourite Fabian Cancellara is in fighting spirits, having talked to CN's Stephen Farrand at the start line: "We go, we race, warriors aꦆlways race. There are two sector🦹s less but t won't change anything. It's going to be a mess, a roulette, a race."

Ahead of the stage Barry Ryan has picked out the main contenders for the stage. There's an interesting dynamic within the list as some of the riders may need to ride for their team's GC riders. One rider who doesnt have that concern is Fabian Cancellara. You can read the full list of favourites for today, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

Defending Tour de France champion Chris Froome has just signed on. The British rider crashed yesterday and ♈had several medical check-ups after the stage. Today is a huge test for his left wrist which took the brunt of the fall.

Sky have brought couple of classics experts to the race this year, in fact most teams have at least one or two riders suited to the stage. Alberto Contador will be looking for the experienced Matteo Tosatto, who is riding his 29th Grand Tour. Contador of course rode the cobbles in the Tour in 2010 and finished we🍎ll. If it wasn't for a late mechanical he would have finished in the lead group. Will he❀ be the hammer or will he be the nail?

The stage is underway with a break slipping clear 🌊already.

The break contains around seven riders and the gap is over 20 seconds with Lotto, Omega, BMC, Astana, Orica all represented. On the front of the peloton Astana have positioned three riders to set the pace, with Nibali neatly tucked in, his yellow 🎀jersey covered by a rain jacket🦹. The cobbles are still some way off, around 70-80 km from here.

Two riders𒊎 are trying to bridge up to the early bဣreak as the rain continues to fall as the race heads north.

Van Garderen:

Orica🏅 have two men in the move with Hayman and Clarke there. BMC have Burghardt and Gallopin is there for Lotto. Rather interꦿestingly Rein Taaramäe is also in the lead break.

Here's the complete break: Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Belisol), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Rein Taaramae (Cofidis), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Mat Hayman (Orica-GreenEdge), Janier Acevedo (Garmin-Sharp), Samue🌞l Dumoulin (Ag2r-La Mondiale).

For 🤪an early break it's stacked with power and talent, with world time trial champion𝐆 in the mix.

The break has 1'10 over t🌊he main field with 136km to go. The wind has also picked up so the conditions are getting worse with the race cars with their lights on full beam. We're in for a truly epic stage today.

At the front of the field Netapp, Sky, BMC, Astana and Saxo are already looking to keep their GC riders out of trouble. Cancellara is near the front too. He doesn't have to ride for a Schleck(s) as he did in 2010 and he's going all out to win the stage. He was so prominent last time the race tackled cobbles in 201𝔉0 but sacrificed his chances to help his team.

Here's whereജ we stand on GC coming into the stage. Nibali leads but🐼 only just:

Chavanel led coming into the cobbled stage in 2010 but hܫad a nightmare with falls and mechanicals. Nibali will of course be hoping for a calmer stage. He'ౠll need a lot of luck for that to happen because the weather is only getting worse.

Here's how the cobbled Tour de France stage finished in 20ౠ10. Cancellara moved into yellow at the finish.

Herman Frison has said that the teams were not informed about the specific details of the adapted course. "We only know that we will reach the remaining cobbled sectors from the same direction."


Frisson feels the two sectors were not too dangerous. "The second sector in the race is the worst to me and that one is kept in the race. I💖t will be a spectacular race but one m🦋ight wonder if it has its place in the Tour. The wind will be a big factor too."

Nibali has never raced Roubaix and most of his team lack experience too when it comes to the cobbles. Nibali🙈 though is one of the best bike handlers in the world so that alone will count for a lot on the stage. He's riding well at the moment, at the front, and keeping out of trouble but the real test will come when the peloton sprint towards the first sector. You want to be in first or second wheel at that point but of course that's where everyone wants to be.

And there's a crash in the main field w🧜ith an FDj rider down and Froome is down too.

The Sky rider is back on his bike but he he's crashed for the second stage in row. 119km to go and hthe medical caไr is with him🎉 again.

It looks like he has a new bike and he's chasing back to the peloton right now with a BMC rider. The team car i༒s up with him and he's having a few words. It looks like he came down on the right side this time with his shorts cut.

Froome now has a Cofidis rider with him and finally a rider from Sky has dropped back to help him. He's lost a minute on the bunch but they should slow up f♔or him. And now more Sky riders are helping him back.

Astana and Saxo are at the front of the peloton♈, keeping their men out of trouble.

Th🀅ere are now four riders with Froome and the gap to𝄹 the bunch is at a minute.

Meanwhile the lꩲead break has 1'30 over the 🐠Nibali peloton.

The rain, th🌳e crashes, the injuries, this is all starting to look like Wiggins' 2013 Girওo d'Italia for Chris Froome.

And n🤡ow Tony Martin has crashed accordiไng to race radio.

Acevedo has apparently fallen too.

As we see Froome and his🌺 Sky are coming back🧸 through the team cars.

Acevedo is on his bike but has n🔯ow been caught by the bunch.

Froom🅷e is starting to make contact with the back of the bunch. At the very least his fall came early in the stage, when the pressure isn't that intense and the bunch have eased up enough to let him and his teammates make contact.

After his fall Martin is coming back towards the break but he's 25 seconds down. Froome now needs to move to the front of the peloton and make sure that he has his teammates with him. Burghardt is now sitting up it seems.ﷺ Perhaps BMC think it's so dangerous out there that they need him back, especially as the break only has 1'37.

Eisel and Porte have moved Froome toﷺ the front again as ♕we see Astana to continue to set the pace.

Find out the news on Froome's crash, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

The rain continues to fall as🔯 we head into the final 100km of racing. There's around 30km to go until the first cobbled section. As Martin and Dumoulin make contact with the break.

There looks to have been a split 𒀰in the peloton but everything is coming back together.

A number of riders are having comfort breaks as we see Froome once again൲ near the rear of the field. For the first time today Sagan's Cannondale team are near the front of the bunch.

Into the final 95km and the bunch has eased up slightly with the gap to th💯e break up to 2'🥂19.

Nibali has played it perfectly so far with a man in the move and his team setting the pace on the fron✤t of the peloton. He's positioned his riders well🐼 and covered the bases, a vital play in a stage that could flip on its head at any moment.

BMC are near the fr🔯ont too, with van Garderen out of the wind. When the American turned pro back in 2010 he asked his then team, HTC, to send him to cobbled races and he did a number of races in Belgium. That experienꦅce will help him during today but he also has a team full of Classics experience.

Peter Sagan's Cannondale have now assumed control on the front of the bunch. The Slovak is a key favourite for today and will be gunning for the stage win, his first in the race so far this year.  A good result would almost certainly extend his lead in the green jerse꧋y ahead of his rivals.

Movistar have moved up alongside Cannondale as the rain continues to fall on the bunch. Sagan now has ♏his entire team on the front of the bunch as they race towards the first section of cobbles.

Greipel has fallen but he's now back on his bike and chasing. There's a big group off the back of the bunch though so he🍃 has company. We've not even hit the cobbles and riders are all over the place.

We're approaching the🐻 first sector, the Carrefour de l'Arbre, which of course is such a key feature to Paris-Roubaix.

It's all Cannond༒ale on the front at the moment as Tony Martin drops back to his team car from the🃏 break.

79km remaining from 155km

Valverde is near the front, we ܫcan see BMC look after van Garderen but there are no Sky riders near the front of the bunch. That's a worrying sign at the moment for Froome and his teammates. He needs to be at the front and if he's not there, then why not? Did he pick up more injuries from the early 𒐪fall?

A right hand corner and there's another fall with an ꦍAG2R rider but now🎶 there's another crash and this one is much bigger.

The second fall was near the ♓front and Ki﷽ttel is down.

He just lost his front wheel and a number of riders came down as they hit the 🐼brakes.

The Ger🎀man is u📖p and on his bike and Demare is also down.

We're not even oꦕn the cobbles yet and 𓆉it's almost complete carnage.

Riders are sliding out at nearly every co♚rner but Cannondale continue to set the pace.

It looks✱ like Froome has moved up towards the front but he's on his own at the moment.

Demare iꦛs chasing back to thܫe bunch so he's back up at least.

A few more Sky riders h💦ave moved up as well w🏅ith Thomas, Eisel and Froome there. Demare is now two minutes down on the peloton.

And Sky hav꧟e replaced Cannondale at the head o𝔍f the bunch with Nibali and Froome close to each other.

Cannodale sweep over Sky and lead the race. Rui Costa is up ther💖e 🦩too, and there's another fall.

There are two falls in fact and Sky have another rꦅider down but it's not Froome. Cancellara is down thougౠh.

Chavanel came down with Cancellara in fact.

Valverde is chasing back🍬 with his team and van Garderen too so it looks like both of those r𒈔iders were involved in that crash.

69km remaining from 155km

And ꩲthere's a group of around 20 riders off the front but race꧟ radio says that Froome is down again.

Froome is standing up but he looks is real pain.

He just cant' hold the bars.

I think he's done.

Froome is shaking his head and hold his wrist. They're trying to get him a bike but I think he might get i🃏n the car at this stage.

He doesnt want a bike and he's going to get 🎐in a team car.

The door is open, he൲'s getting in. Chris Froome is out of the 2014 Tour de France. The race has 🍒lost the defending champion.

What a massive ꦍblow for Froome anꦯd Team Sky. He's fallen twice today and it was clear that couldn't hold the bars.

Aౠnd meanwhile the leaders are on the first sector of cobbles.

They li🌼ne out as 🦂they hit the sector with a gap of 2'04 with 65km to go.

T🅠he bunch has split again as tꦦhey hit the first sector too. Nibali is right up there along with Contador and it's Saxo who lead the peloton.

It looks like Sagan and his group are clear of the Contador/Nibali group and we🍷 have 63km to go.

Saxo have a couple of riders on the froಌnt. It now looks🌠 like Sagan is with the GC favourites but there are groups all over the road at the moment.

In case you're just joining us Chris Froome is out of the Tour de France. The defending champion crashed twice in the stage and was forced out to due to his injuries. It looked like he couldnt grip the bars. The team tried to get him back on another bike but he's now in a car and leaving the race. You can read the full story, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

4km to go until the intermediate sprint as we see Tinkoff set the pace at the front of the mailloܫt jaune group. Nibali is there to but van Garderen and Valverde are chasing back after a crash. There are splts everywhere and we still have 58꧟km to go.

Tinkoff are riding on the front of the yellow jersey g🦄roup but it looks like van Garderen is in a group 🎉just ahead of Valverde. The Contador/van Garderen/Valverde groups have about 45 seconds between them.

We see Froome now in the Team Sky car, still with helmet on as he com🐻es to terms with what's played out today.

It looks like Valver๊de is close to making contact with the Contador/Nibali group.

Talansky is in the Contador group 🐼as wee see BMC and van Garderen make contact with the yellow jersey group as wel🥀l.

Thomas i🐈s now at the front and he has Porte on his wheel. Will Thomas be allowed to ride for himself or will he now have 💟to look after the Australian for the day? It will be interesting to see how and when Sky issue a plan B.

Langeveld is on the front now with Talansky on his wheel as the buncꦐh race towards the next sector of cobbles. The break has just reached sector 8.

And now the peloton hit the sector with each corner a risk as we se🌌e Contador being led by a teammate.

Vanmarcke is forcing a split as we s✨ee Contador take it slower through the sector. He will need his team around him again once they get through the sector has up ahead Vanmarcke leaꦦds a group that contains Nibali.

More splits through sector 8 as Nibali makes it through about 9 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚseconds up on Contador. As you'd expect Astana hit the front as they look to distance Contador.

Contador looks to be on his own but he'll need to work b🍃ecause he's losing time to his main rival. Garmin have 🍸Talansky with Nibali so they are helping to put time into the Spaniard.

Nibali is even takin༺g turns on the front because he🙈 knows that with 45km to go this could be a real chance.

Contador now has a teammate wi🧸th him but Nibali is in a really strong position here ಞand he's getting help from several other teams.

Lotto have joined Astana on the front and there are 28 riders in the yellow jersey g🍨roup. Cancellara is here, Nibali, Talansky too but we see Contador has been dropped and his chasing with his team. He's around 45 seconds down.

Astana, Lotto and Garmin have linked up and they're putting time into Contador and van Garderen and there's no sign of Valverde🉐 at the moment.

Sagan 🦂is with Nibali and it looks like Mollema is in that group too.

The leaܫding six riders are still working well together but all eyes right now are on Contador and Nibali as the break hit sector 6.

Contador is still around🍌 40 seconds down on Nibali.

Nibali'𒆙s group hit sector 6 wit🃏h 38km to go and there's a crash.

A Lotto rider over cooks a corner and he's down.♏ Talansky too ꩵwe hear.

Valverde it seems is with the🥃 Contador group and it'sও van den broeck who has crashed from the Nibali group.

Nibali is pushing on though wit💮h his Astana team. It's all going right for the race leader at the moment has♋ we Boom and Vanmarcke clear of Nibali.

Nibali is chasing but he's still ahead of Coꩵntador and Valverde🐼.

There are so many groups all over the road though with Nibali♛ in a group ahead of Contador Valverde and 🐲van Garderen.

Nibali🎃 has a teammate all infront of him but the Italian keeps it together. He has to stop but he's riding now.

The late🌊st time check has Contador at over a minute down on Nibali despite that problem for the Astana man. The race is turning on its♛ head right now.

Vanmarcke and Boom are together and chasing the ꦑearly break but behind them the GC contenders are fighting to stay in the race.

Sagan is back with his team car but he's still in the mix along with Cancellara and there's around 20 riders 𝔉in the Nibali group. There are three ༒or for Astana men with him.

Contador has group with Valverde and Rui Costa so they have the firepo🍎wer to chase.

That crash for Talansky and Van den Broeck was a slice of luck for Contador because it mea♋nt t🌳hat Lotto and Garmin stopped riding.

Contador though is still a minute down on Nibali. Tinko🦂ff are using the flat sections between the cobbles do to the work but they're running out of ground as there's less than 30km to go.

We're almost at sector 4 and thܫe early break has been caught. BMC have linked up with the Coဣntador group, which is now 1'16 down on the yellow jersey.

It seems that Nibali is the only GC rider in th𓃲at lead group but Omega are up there too with a number of riders. Sagan and Cancellara are there too. Vanmarcke and the early break have been caugಌht.

26km remaining from 155km

There's 15 riders in the Nibali group, at least four of them from Omega as they lead onto se🥃ctor 4.

This is a short section and Nibali is having a gre🅘at rider as he follows some of the best Classics riders in the World.

It looks like Van den Broeck and Talan💟sky have their own gr♔oup in between the Nibali and Contador groups.

Contador is now 1'09 down on Nibali.

Nibali is now going around QuickStep🌠 riders as Boo𒁃m sets the pace with Sagan behind him.

Boom is the firౠst rider through the end of the sector but he's waiting forꦯ the rest of the group to come back up to him.

Cancellara🔥🐻 is there too but he's swarmed by Omega riders. There are so many battles within battles as we head towards the final 20km of the stage. Two more sectors of cobbles still remain.

And they're onto sector 3 and now S🌳agan hits the front.

Nibali and Astana keep at their own pac🧜e as Sagan leads out ജa small split.

Westra who wasꦕ in the break, closes that gap for Nibali.

And now the Contador group hit sꦚector 3. No time checks at the moment.

Sagan has b🧔een brought back and Astana take over setting the pace.

Now there's a 🌜time check and Contador is now 1'53 down on Nibali with 18km to go.

Contador is in all kinds of trouble but Michal Kwiatkowski and Rꦗenshaw are both in the Nibali group. Trentin too, and Cancellara and Sagan.

Van Garderen, Contador, Rui Costa, Valverde are ꦚall losing serious time at the moment.

ꦜThere's real panic in the Contador group because they're losing more and mo♔re time with Westra taking a huge turn on the front for the Nibali group.

Talansky has teammates with him but he's losingඣ time on Nibali too. Not as much𒆙 as Contador though.

Talansky is 1'30 down on Nibali, Contador now at 2'02 as 🍒we race into the final 15km of the stage. Nibali's gro𒆙up is down to less than 10 riders but they're gaining more and more time.

Thomas has attacked from the Contador group withꦺ Porte on his wheel.

Westra is having the ride of his life asꦕ he takes Nibali towa♌rds the finish. 

Westra is now clear with Fuglsang and Nibali. One, two, three for Astana. They're dropping the best Clas🔯sic riders in the world and Sagan is forced🐓 to chase.

Boom has made it ♛over so we now have one non-Astana rider in the lead.

It looks like a Movistar rider has fallen back in the Contador group as we see Astana stamp their authority all over this race. They could go one, two, three at the fi🧔nish at this race.

Contador is now 2'18 down on Nibali💙 with 10km to go.

As you might expect Boom is just sitting in as Cancellara and Sagan work toget༺her.

Now we have three🌠 riders i♏n the lead as Westra pulls over, leading Nibali, Fuglsang and Boom.

Cancellara and Sagan are chasing and they'r forced to work together from a small group that contai🎀ns the KOM leader.

And Boo𒊎m takes a turn on the front for the first time in a whil🧸e.

Nibali works t🦋oo because he wants to put more time into his GC riders. He and his team have simply been in total command.

And Boom makes his move on th♕e final sector as Fuglsang slows and Nibali chases.

6km remaining from 155km

It looks as though Contador, Rui Costa and Van Gar♛deren are in a group that's over two minute down.

Contador's group are closing on the Talansky group though, even thoug🎉h they're 2'13 down.

Boom is clear with around 5km to go b🔥ut Fuglsang and Nibali are riding a two up TT towards the finꦜish.

Sagan and Cancellara can't get back at this stage as🌳 we see Boom head towards 𓆉the biggest win of his career. He has around 4km to go before the finish.

Contador isꦏ losing more and more time though as he's 2'27 down oওn Boom.

And now Contador is 2'30 down on Nibali.

Thomas and Porte have made another move though and they're looking to put timꦇe into Cont🉐ador as well.

Boom sprint🌄s out of a corner and thenꦰ gets back into TT mode. He's heading for the first Dutch winner of a Tour stage since 2005.

Talansky is pushing on alone as well. This has been one of💯 the most brutal days in recent Tour history. The Ameriꦚcan is chasing down Porte and Thomas.

And Contador is on his own too. He's giving it everything but up ahead Boom is into the last K🐻m.

Here comes the Belkin rider, with ju𓄧st 500m to go.

A great ride from Boom, a well deserved ♔stage win for the Dutch rider. What a day for💫 Holland to take their first Tour stage since 2005.

Nibali and Fuglsang come over the line.

Sagan should finish fourth🍌 as he sits on Cancellara's wheel.

And Sagan takes fourth on the stage.

No sign of Contador as the clock ticks by. The Tinkoff rider could lose cl✱ose to three minutes.

That looks like V𝕴an den Broeck coming over the line and Porte and Thomas too.

That might have been van Garderen it's so hard to see through the rain as Contador is closing 𒀰on the line.

Contador has lost nearly three minutes to Nibali.

All we have so far on GC is that Nibali leads Fuglsang by two s🦩econds with Sagan at 44 sec🐼onds.

1 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 3:18:35
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:19
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 0:01:01
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
6 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:01:07
8 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:01:09
9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:01:21
10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:0🃏1:45

General classification after stage 5

1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 20:26:46
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:00:02
3 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 0:00:44
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:50
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:17
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:01:45
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0:01:54
9 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 0:02:05
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) 🅠Movistar Team 0:02:11

In terms of the GC Nibali is of coure the biggest winner. A strong ride from Kwiatkows⛦ki, who was kept out of trouble by his Omega team. Astana were simply dominant, in numbers and racing style. They hit the front when it mattered and even the best classics riders in the world, like Cancellara and Sagan, had no answer.

Chris Froome of course lost the most today, he's out of the race after crashing twice in the stage. You can read about the defending champion, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here. The British team fought on though and ܫPorte is still in the top ten. He'll now be the team's G𓂃C rider for the next two weeks.

Contador, he's still in the race, but he's lost in the region of three minutes to Nibali and has dropped out of the top ten. He never really looked comfortable and lost time when the likes of Valverde and Talansky left him behind. His race isn't over but he's going to have to attack just to pull himself back into contention. You can find our brief results,  photos and report, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

Nibali is talking to the press at the finish:

Sagan: "It's good I took some points from the other sprinters. I"m a little bit disappointed, because I was dropped from Astana and Boom. It wa𝓰s my mistake. I'm happy I didn't crash."

We now have full results with our race report, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

Thanks for joining us today. We'll have🌌 news and race reactions on the home very soon ꦦand we'll be back tomorrrow for complete race coverage from stage 6.

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